The Staples Police Department had seven officers, who served alongside Guadalupe County Sheriff’s deputies to patrol the city
The San Diego Commission on Police Practices told the police department it recommended the changes in order to limit pretextual or biased stops
The suspect, who had also rigged an IED in the apartment, was arrested by Oklahoma County Sheriff’s deputies after the bomb squad responded and deactivated the devices
Bobo, a longtime Ranger and crime-scene investigator, will lead the division beginning Sept. 1; Kip Westmoreland has been promoted to assistant chief
Rensselaer County Executive Steve McLaughlin has maintained he has no intention of dissolving the county’s prison
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